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New environmental-education programme launched in UAE schools
A new version of environmental-education programme, ‘Enviro-Spellathon’, organised by the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) in conjunction with the Emirates Wildlife Society and partners, has been launched for the academic year 2008-2009 in schools across the UAE.
- Staff Report
- Published: 13:58 October 21, 2008
Abu Dhabi: A new version of environmental-education programme, ‘Enviro-Spellathon', organised by the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) in conjunction with the Emirates Wildlife Society and partners, has been launched for the academic year 2008-2009 in schools across the UAE.
Now in its eighth year, the programme introduces new sponsors as well as an exciting new Interactive Enviro-Spellathon for the first time, as an additional online option of the resource for teachers, parents and pupils alike to enjoy.
Having already engaged with over 675,000 pupils across 545 government and private schools since its inception in 2001- 2002, the updated programme is designed to reach even more students, educating school children between the ages of six and 13, with the aim of increasing their knowledge and awareness of the rich natural habitat of the UAE as well as local and global conservation issues.
"To date the Enviro-Spellathon programme has been hugely successful in evoking the interest of children through enjoyable study materials and activities that illustrate the vast variety of plant and animal life that exists within the UAE," Majid Al Mansouri, Secretary General of EAD, said.
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